This discussion paper "Climate finance in the Asia-Pacific: Trends and Innovative Approaches" was prepared for ESCAP by Ilaria Carrozza, PhD Candidate, Department of International Relations, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK
The author would like to acknowledge ESCAP Environment and Development Division (Rae Kwon Chung, Aneta Nikolova, Riccardo Mesiano, Hala Razian, and with support from Yohan Hong). A peer review was conducted by Climate Policy Initiative (Mia Fitri and Leela Raina).

This discussion paper "Trade Finance for Sustainable Development in Asia and the Pacific" was prepared for ESCAP by Sailendra Narain, Chairman, Centre for SME Growth and Development Finance, India
The author would like to express his gratitude and sincere thanks to Mia Mikic, Marc Proksch, Yann L Duval, Masato Abe and Mona Narain for reviewing and editing the paper and providing comments with valuable suggestions.

The Financing for Transformation: from agenda to action on sustainable development in Asia and the Pacific publication provides an opportunity for Asia and the Pacific policymakers and stakeholders, such as those from the private sector, academia and civil society organizations, to actively engage with the global negotiations, and to lay out the financing and partnership frameworks for the development agenda beyond 2015 from the regional perspectives.

This discussion paper "Infrastructure Financing, Public-Private Partnerships, and Development in the Asia-Pacific Region" was prepared for ESCAP by Gilberto Llanto, Adoracion Navarro, Ma. Kristina Ortiz
Gilberto Llanto is President of the Philippines Institute of Development Studies; Adoracion Navarro is Officer-in-Charge of the Office of the Vice President; and Ma. Kristina Ortiz is Research Analyst

This regional report presents data on trade facilitation and paperless trade implementation from 44 economies in the Asia-Pacific region and covering 5 different sub-regions. Since 2012, ESCAP Secretariat has conducted an annual regional survey to systematically collect and analyze information on the implementation of trade facilitation measures in the region, in order to provide a basis for developing more relevant capacity building and technical assistance and to assist countries to design and prioritize their own trade facilitation implementation plans and strategies.